I was intrigued by the movie’s title, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” My interest was further piqued by the dichotomy of opinions regarding its three and a half star rating. While some praised its story, others found the nearly three hour viewing period to be boring, slow, and generally not worth their time.

I was watching a sports program and someone had e-mailed a question for the panelists: How many points will be scored in the BCS championship football game between Florida and Oklahoma?

Interesting question, I thought.

I then noticed the city of the e-mail questioner: Las Vegas. Well, now I knew the reason for the question: He wanted to get an opinion for a bet in Las Vegas on the over-and-under for points scored in the game.

SOUTHPORT—South Brunswick’s Christina Deveney hit a 3-pointer with 27 seconds left and Brittany Spivey made two free throws with 21.2 seconds left to force overtime, and then Deveney scored all seven of the Cougars’ final points in a 49-44 victory Friday over South Columbus.

Deveney, who scored two points in the first half, hit three 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 20 points. She also had 10 rebounds. Spivey hit three 3-pointers and finished with 13 points in the conference game.

The Brunswick Bulldogs, in their first season as a United States Specialty Sports Association fall baseball team, finished ranked No. 1 in the state.

USSSA ranked the Bulldogs the best of 14 teams in the state in the 18-and-younger, senior AA division.

USSSA also ranked the Bulldogs No. 7 nationally.

The Bulldogs played 25 games in seven tournaments, beginning with the Battle of the Bats Aug. 30, in which the Bulldogs won all four games. The last tournament was the NIT Clash of the Champions, Dec. 6-7 in Florence, S.C., in which the Bulldogs finished 2-2.